Darcel Leanette Hughes

Published 9:28 pm Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Darcel Leanette Hughes was born on July 23, 1962, in New York, N.Y., to Lawrence and Deborah Hughes. She departed her earthly life on May 17, 2012.

She graduated from Beach Channel High School in Rockaway Park, N.Y., and attended La Guardia College in New York. She was employed at AmeriGroup Corp. in Virginia Beach until her health declined.

Darcel attended Savannah Missionary Baptist Church in Fayetteville and Open Door Church after relocating to Suffolk.

She was preceded in death by her beloved brother, Kenneth C. Hughes.

Darcel leaves to mourn her passing two sons, Derrick Lawrence Ellis and Terrance Garrick Ellis; mother, Deborah J. Hughes; father, Lawrence P. Hughes (Sue); two sisters, Lisa Little and Sharon Hughes, five brothers, Tyrone Hughes, Andre Hughes, Dennis Little, Reginald Hughes, and LaShaun Hughes; two uncles, Michael Richardson and William Johnson; five aunts, Cassandra Hughes, Evelyn Johnson, Pinky Ruth Stokes, Marianne Dewitt and Delores Robinson; and a beloved host of cousins and friends.

Ms. Hughes will be on view at T.E. Cooke-Overton Funeral Home Inc. on Thursday from noon to 5 p.m., and the family will receive guests from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Open Door Church.

Expressions of sympathy and flowers may be extended to the family at www.cookeovertonfuneralhome.com.